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Basic Google/Internet Terminology

With Learning any new medium, the first barrier to overcome is vocabulary. Once you understand the vocabulary, then we can speak the same language.

Here are some important Google Terminology:

Chrome: Google’s web explorer. Use this for Google Drive and Apps!

Internet Explorer: Microsoft’s Web explorer, doesn’t work as well with Google

Browser: Both Chrome and Internet Explorer are Browsers, they help you navigate the internet. There are others including firefox and safari

Drive: Google’s Online storage of information is called drive.

Hard Drive: Your desktop or laptop has a storage sysem it is called a hard drive

Omni Bar: The omnibar is what google calls the bar that you type in your searches or internet address. The OMNI is because it can do So many actions! You do not have to go to Google to start a search the omni bar is also a search bar. You can customize it, for example, I hit YOU and I search Youtube, I press A and I search amazon. You can still type in the words: Amazon.com or http://amazon.com to go directly to that website. You should also look at the Omnibar when you are surfing the web or clicking on a link from email to make sure you are not going to a bad website.

Hyperlink: A hyperlink is a word or image that you can click on that will take you to a webpage or document. Hyperlinks are almost always underlined like this: Springs Valley HS